'Progressive Men of Montana,' 1901, A. W. Bowen & Co., page 827-8 (edited):
James R. Russel, city librarian of Butte, has for many years been prominent and influential in the Presbyterian ministry in Montana, being closely identified with the work of church building and in the extension of the general usefulness of that denomination. He was born in Kentucky, on September 6, 1847 (sic), the son of David A. and Susan (Crutchfield) Russel. The father was a native of Lynchburg, Va., born in 1795, and removed to Kentucky when he was ten years of age. He became a prominent merchant and was one of the founders of Center College, at Danville, Ky. He died in 1863. The mother was a daughter of John Crutchfield, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and passed away September 10, 1847.
James R. Russel was the youngest of nine children, and was graduated from Center College, Danville, in 1866. Subsequently he taught school in Louisiana one year and a select classical school for the same period in Covington, Ky. In 1868 he entered Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New York in 1870. During the summer of that year he supplied the church at North Wolfboro, N. H., after which he returned to Princeton and was graduated in 1871. He preached successfully at Clover Point, Danville and Shelbyville, Ky., where he built a handsome church edifice. In March, 1872, he went to Denver, Colo., and in May was ordained by the presbytery of that state. Later coming to Helena, he organized a Presbyterian church and another at Deer Lodge and later one at Missoula. In 1876 he began to hold regular services once a month in Butte, continuing until 1879 when he removed to Butte and built a church, completed in 1881. On account of the precarious state of his health he retired from the ministry, and engaged for several months in journalistic work on the Butte Miner. He was elected city treasurer in the spring of 1885 and from 1886 until 1892 he served as superintendent of city schools. From 1893 to 1895 he was connected with Murray's private bank. He was also manager of the McNamara estate for the executor, and was then made city librarian. In 1875 Mr. Russel was united in marriage to Mrs. Fannie Irvine, daughter of Maj. J. F. Forbis, formerly of Helena. Her children are Mrs. J. B. Wellcome, of Butte, and Perrin W. Irvine, a prosperous merchant of Shanghai, China. Mr. and Mrs. Russel have six children, of whom Donald Alston died at the age of six years. The living are Leilah R., Elza, Theodosia K., Charlotte Hough and Francis Forbis.
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James R. Russel, city librarian of Butte, has for many years been prominent and influential in the Presbyterian ministry in Montana, being closely identified with the work of church building and in the extension of the general usefulness of that denomination. He was born in Kentucky, on September 6, 1847 (sic), the son of David A. and Susan (Crutchfield) Russel. The father was a native of Lynchburg, Va., born in 1795, and removed to Kentucky when he was ten years of age. He became a prominent merchant and was one of the founders of Center College, at Danville, Ky. He died in 1863. The mother was a daughter of John Crutchfield, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and passed away September 10, 1847.
James R. Russel was the youngest of nine children, and was graduated from Center College, Danville, in 1866. Subsequently he taught school in Louisiana one year and a select classical school for the same period in Covington, Ky. In 1868 he entered Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New York in 1870. During the summer of that year he supplied the church at North Wolfboro, N. H., after which he returned to Princeton and was graduated in 1871. He preached successfully at Clover Point, Danville and Shelbyville, Ky., where he built a handsome church edifice. In March, 1872, he went to Denver, Colo., and in May was ordained by the presbytery of that state. Later coming to Helena, he organized a Presbyterian church and another at Deer Lodge and later one at Missoula. In 1876 he began to hold regular services once a month in Butte, continuing until 1879 when he removed to Butte and built a church, completed in 1881. On account of the precarious state of his health he retired from the ministry, and engaged for several months in journalistic work on the Butte Miner. He was elected city treasurer in the spring of 1885 and from 1886 until 1892 he served as superintendent of city schools. From 1893 to 1895 he was connected with Murray's private bank. He was also manager of the McNamara estate for the executor, and was then made city librarian. In 1875 Mr. Russel was united in marriage to Mrs. Fannie Irvine, daughter of Maj. J. F. Forbis, formerly of Helena. Her children are Mrs. J. B. Wellcome, of Butte, and Perrin W. Irvine, a prosperous merchant of Shanghai, China. Mr. and Mrs. Russel have six children, of whom Donald Alston died at the age of six years. The living are Leilah R., Elza, Theodosia K., Charlotte Hough and Francis Forbis.
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'Progressive Men of Montana,' 1901, A. W. Bowen & Co., page 827-8 (edited):
James R. Russel, city librarian of Butte, has for many years been prominent and influential in the Presbyterian ministry in Montana, being closely identified with the work of church building and in the extension of the general usefulness of that denomination. He was born in Kentucky, on September 6, 1847 (sic), the son of David A. and Susan (Crutchfield) Russel. The father was a native of Lynchburg, Va., born in 1795, and removed to Kentucky when he was ten years of age. He became a prominent merchant and was one of the founders of Center College, at Danville, Ky. He died in 1863. The mother was a daughter of John Crutchfield, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and passed away September 10, 1847.
James R. Russel was the youngest of nine children, and was graduated from Center College, Danville, in 1866. Subsequently he taught school in Louisiana one year and a select classical school for the same period in Covington, Ky. In 1868 he entered Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New York in 1870. During the summer of that year he supplied the church at North Wolfboro, N. H., after which he returned to Princeton and was graduated in 1871. He preached successfully at Clover Point, Danville and Shelbyville, Ky., where he built a handsome church edifice. In March, 1872, he went to Denver, Colo., and in May was ordained by the presbytery of that state. Later coming to Helena, he organized a Presbyterian church and another at Deer Lodge and later one at Missoula. In 1876 he began to hold regular services once a month in Butte, continuing until 1879 when he removed to Butte and built a church, completed in 1881. On account of the precarious state of his health he retired from the ministry, and engaged for several months in journalistic work on the Butte Miner. He was elected city treasurer in the spring of 1885 and from 1886 until 1892 he served as superintendent of city schools. From 1893 to 1895 he was connected with Murray's private bank. He was also manager of the McNamara estate for the executor, and was then made city librarian. In 1875 Mr. Russel was united in marriage to Mrs. Fannie Irvine, daughter of Maj. J. F. Forbis, formerly of Helena. Her children are Mrs. J. B. Wellcome, of Butte, and Perrin W. Irvine, a prosperous merchant of Shanghai, China. Mr. and Mrs. Russel have six children, of whom Donald Alston died at the age of six years. The living are Leilah R., Elza, Theodosia K., Charlotte Hough and Francis Forbis.
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James R. Russel, city librarian of Butte, has for many years been prominent and influential in the Presbyterian ministry in Montana, being closely identified with the work of church building and in the extension of the general usefulness of that denomination. He was born in Kentucky, on September 6, 1847 (sic), the son of David A. and Susan (Crutchfield) Russel. The father was a native of Lynchburg, Va., born in 1795, and removed to Kentucky when he was ten years of age. He became a prominent merchant and was one of the founders of Center College, at Danville, Ky. He died in 1863. The mother was a daughter of John Crutchfield, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and passed away September 10, 1847.
James R. Russel was the youngest of nine children, and was graduated from Center College, Danville, in 1866. Subsequently he taught school in Louisiana one year and a select classical school for the same period in Covington, Ky. In 1868 he entered Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New York in 1870. During the summer of that year he supplied the church at North Wolfboro, N. H., after which he returned to Princeton and was graduated in 1871. He preached successfully at Clover Point, Danville and Shelbyville, Ky., where he built a handsome church edifice. In March, 1872, he went to Denver, Colo., and in May was ordained by the presbytery of that state. Later coming to Helena, he organized a Presbyterian church and another at Deer Lodge and later one at Missoula. In 1876 he began to hold regular services once a month in Butte, continuing until 1879 when he removed to Butte and built a church, completed in 1881. On account of the precarious state of his health he retired from the ministry, and engaged for several months in journalistic work on the Butte Miner. He was elected city treasurer in the spring of 1885 and from 1886 until 1892 he served as superintendent of city schools. From 1893 to 1895 he was connected with Murray's private bank. He was also manager of the McNamara estate for the executor, and was then made city librarian. In 1875 Mr. Russel was united in marriage to Mrs. Fannie Irvine, daughter of Maj. J. F. Forbis, formerly of Helena. Her children are Mrs. J. B. Wellcome, of Butte, and Perrin W. Irvine, a prosperous merchant of Shanghai, China. Mr. and Mrs. Russel have six children, of whom Donald Alston died at the age of six years. The living are Leilah R., Elza, Theodosia K., Charlotte Hough and Francis Forbis.
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